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ADIRONDACK  MINERAL  SPRINGS. 
used,  and  the  use  of  the  water-bath  should  never  be  omitted,  as 
it  precludes  the  liability  of  injury  by  heat. 
Some  pharmacists  add  glycerin  to  their  cold  cream,  but  I 
cannot  perceive  any  advantage  whatever  in  its  use,  and  as  it 
has  no  affinity  with  the  other  ingredients,  it  does  not  make  as 
smooth  nor  as  handsome  an  ointment  as  can  be  made  without  it. 
And  medicinally,  I  think,  it  adds  nothing  to  the  value  of  the 
preparation  beyond  the  imagination. 
Philadelphia,  Dec.^  1869. 
ADIRONDACK  MINERAL  SPRINGS. 
By  John  Bell,  M.  D. 
Among  the  mineral  springs  of  recent  discovery  which  seem  to 
be  entitled  to  claim  attention  for  their  medicinal  properties,  we 
find  the  Adirondack.  This  spring  derives  its  name  from  its 
flowing  from  the  base  of  one  of  the  spurs  of  the  Adirondack 
mountains,  in  the  town  of  Whitehall,  and  at  the  head  of  Lake 
Champlain,  in  the  State  of  New  York.  The  water  may  be  re- 
garded as  a  saline  chalybeate,  and  by  French  writers  acidulous 
chalybeate,  with  a  considerable  quantity  of  free  carbonic  acid. 
After  being  at  rest  for  a  time  it  allows  of  a  precipitate  of  a  red- 
dish color,  which  disappears  by  shaking.  It  is  without  smell 
and  any  very  marked  taste. 
An  analysis  of  Water  of  the  Adirondack  Mineral  Spring,  by 
Professor  Collier,  of  Vermont  University,  Burlington,  gives  the 
following  results  : 
One  Imperial  Gallon  of  70,000  grains. 
Sulphate  of  Lime,   11-134  grains. 
Carbonate  of  Lime,    .      ...       .       .  18'543  " 
Carbonate  of  Magnesia,     ...^  .         .     |  ...   ..  .  16*618  " 
Carbonate  of  Iron,     .       ,'    ' : .      .       .  ,    "  .  5*040 
Carbonate  of  Manganese,    .      .         '      '     .  traces 
Carbonate  of  Potash,  .      .       .      '.  ^    .       .     5"317  " 
Carbonate  of  Soda,  5*135  " 
Carbonate  of  Lithia,  -023 
Chloride  of  Sodium,    .  ,  ,  *       .       .  14*340  " 
Alumina,     .       .       .    "  .  \    . '     »       .       .  traces 
Insoluble  Residue,     .      .      .      .      .      .      7*42  " 
Free  Carbonic  Acid,  67*3  cubic  inches. 
76*892 
